Category: Uncategorized

Uncategorized posts are the ones that probably don’t really have a place on my blog. These posts are about miscellaneous topics. I hope you enjoy reading these slightly random posts.

Many of these blog posts are ones that count as ‘lifestyle’ posts. They relate to my life and the struggles that I’m facing (or celebrations). They’re posts about things that I won’t share but that aren’t necessarily closely related to my long course triathlon journey.

2 February 2025

A fortnight off training

M has been very ill, and then I got sick, so I’ve not run for a fortnight. This weekend I’ve got back to running and completed both a parkrun and an 18km run. I’m so pleased that I got a long run done ahead of my half marathon!

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8 March 2018

International Women’s Day 2018

Today is International Women’s Day, so I thought it would be relevant to ponder the role of women in sports. If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you will know that I’m passionate about equality for women (and often share inspirational images from the ‘This Girl Can’ campaign… I love the campaign although I hate the slogan –...

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14 August 2016

Can you imagine playing soccer barefoot with a leather ball?

I love reading about unusual stories from the history of sport. My friend Ola recently wrote a great article on The Story of the 1949 Nigerian Football Team’s UK Tour before I read this article, I had no idea that this tour took place. One of the aspects that I found most interesting was that they players did not wear...

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19 November 2015

What do you know about the history of sport in Nigeria?

It’s a little-known fact that the first football match that I went to see was a friendly between Japan and Nigeria at the St Mary’s Stadium in Southampton. I’m not a huge football fan and the weather was bleak (torrential rain), but the atmosphere was electric. The fans were incredibly friendly and also lived up to national stereotypes: there was...

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14 February 2015

Where I’m from

I am from home-made school uniform, from a class of four and lots of attention. From a bed full of toys and hours spent dancing. From days on my bike and jumping down sand dunes. I am from a slate-fronted home tucked away by the towans where the whisper of the sea can be heard and children’s laughter echoes down...

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23 November 2014

Why are you here?

Hello! If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’ll know that my posts tend to be about swimming, cycling, running, multisports events, nutrition and motivation… mainly focussing around my training and how I’m intending to reach my goal of completing an iron distance triathlon. Now I’d like to hear from you. What would you like to read about...

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29 September 2014

Work has submerged my world

I’ve not been posting much this summer. I’ve been so busy with my day job (which currently feels like a day and night job). I really love what I do as I get to work with some amazing people. (If it weren’t so interesting, I could really start to resent it.) Anyway, it’s now just one week until my latest...

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21 September 2013

Mmmmmm…. massages

This has been a week of recovery and preparation. After last week’s challenges: I decided that I needed to look after myself, so on Tuesday evening, I booked myself in for a well-earned massage with Renee. Massages from Renee and Pete Renee is currently training to be a masseur, so the massage was beneficial for both of us. She got...

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Hi, I'm Tamsyn!

Triathlete | Blogger | Running Coach & Fitness Instructor

As an overweight couch potato, I decided to turn my life around. I lost over 33lbs/15kg and now love keeping fit and healthy. In February 2013, I set myself a challenge to complete an iron-distance triathlon (2.4 mile/3.8k swim; 112 mile/180k bike; 26.2 mile/42.2k run).

Since starting my triathlon journey, I’ve:

learnt to swim and completed a 17.5km sea swim

bought my first road bike and cycled across Japan

run six marathons.

had a baby.

I’ve not completed an Ironman yet… but I’m getting there.